Actor Overview

Glitz, glamour, glory and loads of money. That would be your life as an actor. If you have perfected that throaty crackle - a la Demi Moore, the famous Dev Anand swing and that unmistakable Dilip Kumar pause, you could try your hand at acting. 

 

Make up on, dialogues ready, action… 

 

An actor's life is not all about singing and dancing around trees. It's much more than that. For starters as an actor you may have to mug long dialogues, work in extreme climatic conditions like blazing sun or rain, rehearse difficult dance movements for hours till you perfect it, try 100 outfits before selecting the final one, perfect fight scenes and most often work long periods of time.

 

Imagine a dingy, sweaty place for a makeup room (if you haven't made it) and a co-star with bad breath! Add to that a lecherous director and you can imagine that acting is not all song and dance.

 

As an actor you will have a wide canvas to work on. You could do theatre, stage, television or movies. As an actor you could also try dubbing. While television shows and commercials take a shorter period of time, mega -serials and movies take longer to shoot.

 

Stage performance is considered the ultimate challenge as the actor performs in front of a live audience and there are no retakes here. Films and television on the other hand are the most sought after for their reach and money. Not to mention they guarantee instant popularity. 

 

All this after you have appeared for the screen test and been selected.